By Jessica Mizzi 13 min read
These fourteen books will transport you to a different world full of parties, glamour, scandal, and an overabundance of drama.
By Nathan Gelgud 3 min read
Simon Sebag Montefiore's new book The Romanov's takes a fresh approach to chronicling the sordid and bloody 300 years of Romanov Rule.
By Susan H. Gordon 6 min read
The Nuns of Sant'Ambrogio is Hubert Wolf's nineteenth-century tale of nuns and confessors, sexual misconduct, poison, and heresy. More broadly, it highlights the Church's power struggles amid a world in flux.
Review Roundup: “Once Upon a Secret” by Mimi Alford and Katherine Boo’s “Behind the Beautiful Forevers”
By Joe Muscolino 2 min read
Books covered in this week's review roundup: "Behind the Beautiful Forevers" by Katherine Boo and "Once Upon A Secret" by Mimi Alford